Android TV 14 will let you take your calls on the big screen

An interesting feature was unearthed in the latest beta of Android TV 14. The operating system should indeed allow you to make calls directly from your television, without having to switch to your smartphone. A new way to further strengthen the links between the two devices.

Have you ever dreamed of receiving your calls directly on your TV? Admittedly, chances are the idea never crossed your mind. But this is obviously not the case for developers at Google. Indeed, it seems that the next big update of Android TV brings this functionality to users, according to the findings of the journalist Mishaal Rahman.

Indeed, when it is not busy adding custom profiles to its TV OS, the Mountain View firm is actively working on Android TV 14, which is currently available in beta. This allows the curious little ones to discover the new features that Google has in store for us, including, you will have it, the one allowing you to make calls from your television.

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“Call notifications only appear when you are in your personal user profile on this TV. You can adjust this setting in other profiles, so that you also receive calls when these profiles are active », specifies the functionality seen by Mishaal Rahman. We imagine that it will display notifications directly on the screen and that it will take advantage of the microphone integrated into the television, already useful for voice commands, and that it will therefore be unnecessary to take out your smartphone.

As noted by our colleagues from Android Authority, Android TV 14 will not be the only one to offer calls on TV, since Apple is working on a similar feature which should be available in tvOS 17. No doubt, the future is on the way. In addition, Android TV 14 already offers many other new features such as controls for HDR mode, power management features and even notable improvements on the audio side. Release planned for the next few weeks.